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Disparaging vs Slanderous - What's the difference?

disparaging | slanderous |

As adjectives the difference between disparaging and slanderous

is that disparaging is insulting, ridiculing while slanderous is (of something said) both untrue and harmful to a reputation.

As a verb disparaging

is .

As a noun disparaging

is disparagement.

disparaging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
    • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .

    slanderous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.

    • Synonyms

    * defamatory * libelous * See also

    Related terms

    * slander